GameMaker - New And Improved Code Editor

The popular and long running GameMaker game engine just got a brand new Code Editor in beta release 2024.400. This new GML editor presents a much more traditional code editing experience and offers several new features, that we will demonstrate in this video. It will also work MUCH better in a multiple monitor development setup.

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[patrickcarter]

Even since opera took over GM it has taken major steps forward very quickly. Props to the team!

[FrisbieLife]

falling more and more in love with GameMaker <3

[yojanselcuevas]

Wow! I'm glad GameMaker is trying to keep up even having a small community. I remember I developed my games on GM8 long long time ago. Hope they bring more things in not taking a decade

[DarinM]

Nice video. As someone who just started relearning Gamemaker, I kind of prefer the old editor to this new one. I understand everyone has their preferences, but I like to see what I am currently working on, and not all the noise that comes with everything be visible all at once. I also understand that many people who program regularly are custom to an editor like VS, VCS, and pretty much all tradtional text based code editors, so having the option to change the way GM editor works, is a good idea, as long as it isn't forced on the rest of us, who prefer a lot less noisy one. Yeah, I understand the argument that you can have functions and blocks collapsed, but again, it still has more information noise than just not seeing all the extra code in the first place.

[David-hkul]

I've been waiting for this update before my next project, can't wait, itching to get working on something.

[brandonfarfan]

I'm glad to see that GameMaker is still around and getting updates.👏

[MegaSimsie]

Always loved GameMaker.
I've been stuck inside an Unreal project the last couple years, but I will definitely be opening GM up again in the future.

[vvstwo]

this was never a problem when i used OG game maker in high school i just put one script in the step function (step runs every frame for that entity for those not familiar) then i would handle creation, movement, damage, death all in that one script with the script editor in fullscreen.

[legionNodens]

I’ve tested the new editor a bit and it is clearly a beta but it is much better, it will probably be able to replace GMEdit.

Also, I’m sorry but I don’t get the comments about "it has no right to exists when Godot does", but the same can be said about anything right ? Why use Godot when Unity exists ? why use Unity when there’s UE, why use python when C++ exists... Some people just prefer GM that’s about it, I spent dozens of hours in Godot and while it is a really good tool I never enjoyed working with it, I think that for simple 2D games GM is great, yes if you want to do anything more complex than that there’s better choices, but again for simple 2D games they just nailed it in my opinion.

So yeah why do small cars exists when there is big trucks ? because not everybody likes or need a big car that’s really about it.

[DanielMiclos]

I have had a paid license for years but I never did anything with it because of the code environment. Maybe I'll take a look again!

[foxmulder]

Love Game Maker Studio 2 and they have been making some right steps recently. It's my favorite engine at the moment!

[pedroguidatv]

Great video as always.

It's good to see it's getting a revamped editor. This will put even more pressure on Construct, since the latter does not support exporting to consoles (unless you hire a third-party company that developed a plugin that does).

[davidhoracek]

After so many years of community asking for it, they came up with something better than that workspace?! Woah... took only a decade or two.

[natsukaze]

GameMaker's still the best engine out there for 2D games in my opinion, at least if your team size is relatively small. Godot and Unity are great options too, but GameMaker still feels fastest to work in to me. It's weird how much the indie gamedev community seems to sleep on it when I know so many developers making amazing looking games in it.

[misho_dev]

GameMaker has made incredible progress over the years, good job to the team!

[hakuzosionnach]

This is a much needed change. I wish people stop comparing Gamemaker to other systems when the pointvis to be beginner friendly and different from other languages.

[charcoalPanda]

Yay! Some love towards muh boi Gamemaker!
They have been a bit slow on new features lately, but what is in the works is quite important. I hope they will work towards the GUI system soon. It is the last most outdated part of the workflow right now.

[JasperCrow]

*Game Maker studio 2 the besr software for create games* 🎉

[andrewmartin]

Wow this will be great for smaller screens/laptops. I hate trying to navigate on my 13 inch mac.

[mopspear]

FINALLY! I've used GM for many years for many hundreds of hours. Why did this take so long?